Intrepid Invader
Invader is the pseudonym of a French urban artist, whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 8-bit video games. His work is composed of ceramic tile murals installed in urban locations. Continue reading Intrepid Invader
Tag: Art
Presenting Pixel Power
In Santiago, Chile Jorge Campos, A.K.A. Pixel, is taking mosaic street art to a whole new level.
Pixel shares his images of cultural heroes, and riffs on art icons, with the people of Santiago by bringing mosaic art to local neighborhoods. Continue reading Presenting Pixel Power
Genovese Graffiti
If the UK has Banksy, Italy has Tiler. This reclusive Genovese street artist’s creations have been popping on the walls of the city for many months. Created from painted tiles, Tiler’s installations have appeared suddenly in many different areas of the port. Continue reading Genovese Graffiti
London Lava
British designer Faye Toogood’s furniture and objects, including her beautiful glazed lava tiles, demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. Continue reading London Lava
Butterfly BAL
“I create bespoke drawings with unique themes, and source beautiful and colourful materials to ensure the artwork really holds the viewers’ attention.” Melanie Watts. Continue reading Butterfly BAL
Paul Portelli: A Tribute
Paul Portelli was a man who pursued his passions with skill and vigour; be they vintage Spitfires, the Skylon or his retail baby, World’s End Tiles. Continue reading Paul Portelli: A Tribute
Fossil forms
The Fossil collection, by Polish designer Kasia Zareba, is a translation of the prehistoric imprints of plants and animals on rock formations. Traces of the pattern break and overlap just like the signs of time in prehistoric sites and archaeological excavations. The pattern gives the collection great, natural impact. Continue reading Fossil forms
Mosaic Odyssey
Mosaïque Surface’s Odyssée Collection is a stunning, highly curated, collection of made-to-order mosaic patterns inspired by the romance and architecture of Paris. Continue reading Mosaic Odyssey
Digital Life
Digitalife: Immersive Exhibit was not merely an exhibition, but – as its name suggests – an immersive experience in which visitors were able to explore the digital universe and let the creative expressions of a series of artists embrace them. Continue reading Digital Life
Fabric Fantasy
With Tailorart, colour, pattern and 3D textured surfaces are combined to produce a porcelain tile that meets the world of fashion with refined aesthetic, stylistic exclusivity and material power. Continue reading Fabric Fantasy
Villa Harvey Mandel
One of the world’s largest glass mosaic murals is mounted on the west-facing wall of Villa Harvey Mandel, a St. Vincent de Paul Village affordable housing complex, in San Diego, California, USA. Continue reading Villa Harvey Mandel
Hand-made Heirlooms
“I specialised in ceramics, finding that there was an immediacy with clay I couldn’t find in other materials. I expect it is something to do with my Indian background.” Lubna Chowdhary Continue reading Hand-made Heirlooms
Etruscan Exhibit
At the Tile UK Awards 2000, Katy’s Line won the award for Best Wall Tile for Arché, a stunning series of porcelain tiles featuring Etruscan and Egyptian relief motifs picked out in gold. Continue reading Etruscan Exhibit
Maestro Mateo Manaure
What is being billed as the largest glass mosaic mural in the world has been installed Caracas, Venezuela by Mateo Manaure. Continue reading Maestro Mateo Manaure
Kenneth Clark: An Appreciation
Kenneth Clark was a superb colourist, part artist, part alchemist; a clear-sighted designer, and virtually single-handedly reinvented the form and function of tiles for modern times. Continue reading Kenneth Clark: An Appreciation
Emotive Emotile
More than 90 of Banks’ images were translated in ceramic tiles using Ceracasa’s Emotile digital printing initiative. These images, essentially digitally-manipulated natural snapshots, can be used in a variety of projects, from feature walls in bars or hotel lobbies, to more domestic settings. Continue reading Emotive Emotile
Mural Masterpieces
British artist Clare Woods spent two years creating two major mural installations, Brick Field and Carpenter’s Curve, in the 2012 Olympic Park in London. Continue reading Mural Masterpieces
Aesthetic Sabotage
Over the years I have interviewed and profiled many well known designers and artists who work with tiles. None come close to Robert Dawson when it comes to artistic understanding of tile, or originality when it it comes to subverting what is generally perceived as “art” and “design”. Continue reading Aesthetic Sabotage
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Be Arty
The ‘Treatment Rooms’ is a privately owned house in West London currently having its exterior walls transformed by a collective of artists, who operate from it under the same name. In this post, I explore a remarkable example of public art and the message it transmits about the commodifiction of art. Continue reading You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Be Arty
Welcome To The World Of Tiles
Diary of a Tile Addict is intended to introduce tile enthusiasts to developments in tile design, significant architectural projects that use tiles creatively, technological developments that are driving the tile industry forward, news on tile exhibitions around the world as they happen, and also as a way to meet the many talented and inspiring individuals who together make the ceramic tile sector so creatively diverse, technically advanced and intellectually fascinating. Continue reading Welcome To The World Of Tiles